Cisco Unified Communications Manager New or Enhanced Features, by Version

Cisco Unified Communications Manager New or Enhanced Features, by Version

Features	New in Release 5.x	New in Release 6.x	New in Release 7.x	New in Release 8.x
For Business to Business Unified Communications
Support for Cisco Intercompany Media Engine				√
For Easier Administration, Saving You Time and Resources
Additional prepackaged alerts, monitor views, and historical reports with RTMT	√
Real-time and historical application performance monitoring through operating system tools and SNMP	√
Monitored data-collection service	√
Remote terminal service for off-net system monitoring and alerting	√
Real-time event monitoring and presentation to common syslog	√
Trace setting and collection utility	√
Browse to onboard device statistics	√
Multisite (cross-WAN) capability with intersite CAC	√
Outbound call blocking	√
Enhancements to out-of-band dual tone multifrequency (DTMF) signaling over IP	√
PSTN failover on route nonavailability	√
Device authentication – through embedded X.509v3 certificate in new phones	√
Cisco® SRST	√
Transcoder resource	√
Conference bridge resource	√
Topological association of shared resource devices (conference bridge, music-on- hold sources, and transcoders)	√
Fault, configuration, accounting, performance, and security (FCAPS) enhancements to support SIP	√
Improved SIP trunk device identification		√
Calling-party normalization			√
E.164 with “+” dialing			√
Local route groups and transformation			√
Trusted relay point			√
Intelligent bridge selection			√
Service Advertisement Framework (SAF) – call-control discovery				√
Analysis manager				√
Product nodes inventory and grouping				√
Trace setting				√
Trace collection on demand				√
Scheduled trace collection				√
Templates for setting trace levels and trace file server				√
Collect/view system configuration information				√
Daylight savings time/zone structure				√
User phone add page with default, hidden, and read-only check boxes				√
Phone template-based phone add page				√
Bridged upgrade				√
Mobility Features, Streamlining Communications
Call divert	√
Dial via Office			√
Directed call park			√
Call screening			√
Reverse callback			√
Simultaneous ring time-of-day access list			√
Call handoff				√
User-to-number matching. Calls directly to mobile phones are anchored to the cluster for mobility features				√
Native mobile unified communications client support				√
Dial via Office (DVO) and least-cost routing (LCR) enhancements				√
Digital number identification service (DNIS) pool of direct-inward-dialing (DID) instances				√
LCR policy for DVO reverse and forward				√
LCR policy for DVO reverse and forward				√
Research In Motion (RIM) send call to mobile				√
iPhone Dial via Office Forward (DVOF) redial support				√
Greater Interoperability with Partners for Flexibility and Choice
SIP trunk integration with Microsoft OCS		√
Click to conference with IBM Sametime			√
Dual forking integration with Microsoft OCS			√
Simultaneous ring Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) dialing with Microsoft OCS			√
T.38 Fax interoperability with Microsoft Exchange			√
Active Directory 2008			√
SIP Early Offer				√
SIP Normalization and Transparency				√
New or Enhanced Telephony Features
Attenuation and gain adjustment per device (phone and gateway)	√
Automated bandwidth selection	√
Auto route selection (ARS)	√
CAC – Intercluster and intracluster	√
Forwarding based on internal and external calls	√
Forwarding out of a coverage path	√
Timer for maximum time in coverage path	√
Time of day	√
GSM-FR and wideband audio (proprietary 16-bit resolution; 16-kHz sampled audio)	√
Forced authorization codes and client matter codes (account codes)	√
Hunt groups – Broadcast, circular, longest idle, and linear	√
T.38 fax support (H.323 and SIP)	√
Time-of-day, day-of-week, and day-of-year routing and restrictions	√
Toll restriction – Dial-plan partition	√
Prevent trunk-to-trunk transfer	√
Drop conference call when originator hangs up	√
Require forced authorization codes	√
Video telephony (SCCP, H.323, and SIP)	√
CTI for Internet service provider (ISP) phones	√
Audible message waiting indication on IP phones		√
Call recording		√
Extension mobility
Extension mobility cross-cluster				√
Extension mobility PIN change through phone				√
HTTPS for phone services including EM and EMCC				√
Call forward all		√
Audible Message waiting indication		√
Privacy		√
Device mobility		√
Do not disturb		√
End User and Application User Certificate Authority Proxy Function (CAPF) for CTI		√
Monitoring		√
Device mobility changes the location-specific information when a device moves within the cluster		√
Programmable line keys		√
Secure conferencing available to all members of the conference		√
Silent monitoring		√
Join Across Lines for connecting multiple calls or conferences		√
Single Button Barge		√
Callback support for analog phones		√
Single-button barge-in		√
Join across lines		√
Busy-lamp-field (BLF) alert		√
BLF pickup		√
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7931G		√
Do not disturb – call reject			√
Directed call pickup			√
Extension mobility feature safe			√
Phone services provisioning			√
External call control (ECC) service and Cisco Unified Routing Rules Interface				√
CTI integration with hunt list/call pickup				√
CTI support for call forward				√
AXL enhancements: AXL interface automated to support all the database fields supported by admin interfaces				√
Next-generation TAPI/wave driver				√
Caller ID on MGCP FXO				√
DSN hotline feature for tactical deployments in the military/government communications system space				√
UCR2007 PBX1 requirements as outlined for military/government systems				√
MLPP support services + Cancel call waiting				√
MLPP on E1 PRI circuits				√
HTTPS phone services				√
Secure recording and monitoring				√
Annunciator support for SIP phones				√
Support for VPN clients on Cisco Unified IP Phone 7942G, 7945G, 7962G, 7965G, and 7975G SCCP phones				√
Support for Cisco Cius				√
Support for Cisco Unified IP Phone 6901, 6911, 6921, 6941, and 6961 models				√
Support for Cisco Unified IP Phone 6845, 8961, 9951, and 9971 models				√
Key expansion module support				√
USB video camera module				√
Native support for Whisper Coaching and Agent Greeting within Contact Center				√
Agent Zip Tone				√
Encryption to analog endpoints (Secure Real-Time Transport Protocol [SRTP])				√
Additional Localization (in addition to other languages supported in prior releases)
Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Arabic	√
Hebrew, Thai and Turkish		√
Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian			√
Additional SIP Support
SIP trunk (RFC 3261) and line side (RFC 3261-based devices)	√
Media Termination Point (MTP) – Support for SIP trunk and RFC 2833	√
Native support of SIP devices	√
Presence information for SIP devices	√
SIP trunk enhancements for external applications, such as conferencing and presence	√
Third-party SIP devices supporting RFC 3261	√
SIP line-side RFCs: RFCs 3261, 3262, 3264, 3265, 3311, 3515, and 3842	√
SIP trunk RFC support: RFCs 2833, 2976, 3261, 3262, 3264, 3265, 3311, 3515, 3842, 3856, and 3891	√
Improved SIP trunk device identification		√
Single-button barge-in			√
Join across lines			√
Busy-lamp-field (BLF) alert			√
BLF pickup			√
Conference chaining			√
Do not disturb – call reject			√
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7931G			√
Cisco Unified IP Phone Expansion Module support for 7914, 7915, 7916			√
Secure Real-Time Transport Protocol (SRTP) over SIP trunk			√
Early offer SIP trunk with G.729 with Media Termination Point (MTP)			√
SIP trunk Preferred Asserted Identity (PAI)			√
Domain name capacity on SIP phones (56 lines for Cisco Unified IP Phone 7902, 7912, 7942, 7962, 7905, 7945, 7965, 7975, and 7985 phones)	√
Added Support for Cisco Products, Enabling Broader Unified Communications
Voice gateways: Cisco VG202 and VG204 Analog Voice Gateway models		√
Click to dial on Cisco WebEx™ meeting applications			√
Cisco Emergency Responder Location Management user interface			√
Cisco Security Agent 5.2 support			√
Serviceability Enhancements, Enabling Greater Efficiency
Data Migration Assistant	√
Pre-upgrade DMA file generation		√
DMA – bundle pre-upgrade tasks		√
DMA – enhance platform config.xml		√
IP tables			√
Fresh install of Cisco Unified Communications Manager on the Cisco MCS 7828 Media Convergence Server			√
Alerting subsystem in Cisco Unified Communications Operating System			√
Clarity and consistency of alarms and events				√
New performance monitoring counters (external call control, Cisco SAFclient,Cisco IME link)				√
Changes in SNMP MIBs				√
AXL Serviceability API Cipher support				√
VMware support				√
SSO and SmartCard authentication				√
Cisco EnergyWise: Deep-sleep mode reason codes				√
Options ping serviceability				√
Troubleshooting reports for device registration and un-registration				√
Safari browser support				√
Performance Improvements
Reduce tracefile output by compression			√
Database replication improvements			√
Media Support
Codec support for G.711, G.722, G.722.1, G.723.1, G.728, G.729A/B, and GSMEFR	√
Video codecs: H.261, H.263, *H.264, and Cisco Wideband Video Codec (Cisco Unified Video Advantage)	√
HD Video Interoperability
HD video (720p/1080p) resolution interworking among Cisco Unified Communications hard phones and clients, Cisco TelePresence endpoints, and third-party HD video endpoints in standard H.264 codec				√
Native video endpoint support for simplified registration and provisioning, including Cisco IP Video Phone E20				√
End to-end solution testing, including Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (Cisco VCS)				√
Support for multiple H.264 payload negotiation for optimal resolution				√
Support for midcall video codec parameter changes and consolidation				√
Codec support for automated bandwidth selection: G.711 (mu-law and a-law), G.722, G.722.1, G.723.1, G.728, G.729A/B, GSM-EFR, GSM-FR, iLBC, wideband audio (proprietary 16-bit resolution; 16-kHz sampled audio), and Advanced Audio CODEC (AAC) for use with Cisco TelePresence™ devices		√
ISAC support
Codec preference order enhanced				√
Features for the Department of Defense (DoD)
Assured Services Session Initiation Protocol (AS-SIP), Voice over Session Initiation Protocol VoSIP/DVX G.Clear			√
Secure indication tone (Norway)			√